News Insights: Russian hacker group patches Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic | ZDNet
Russian hacker group patches Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic | ZDNet
Turla hacker group lives up to its reputation with another clever/wacky hacking technique.
Russian hacker group patches Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic | ZDNet
The Russian hacker group Turla has been discovered patching Chrome and Firefox to fingerprint TLS traffic. Experts have theorized that the TLS fingerprinting would allow Turla to spot the victim’s encrypted traffic stream while it connected to various websites across the web. This latest news is yet another example of how traditional web browsers pose serious risks for organizations and individuals.
News Insights: Kowsik Guruswamy, CTO at Menlo Security
“This is a great example of how creative hackers are getting and a taste of what we might see for future attacks. TLS was adopted to provide security and privacy, and now over 90% of all Chrome traffic is encrypted. This attack could now mean those security protections go out the window.”
Hugh Taylor
Hugh Taylor is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). In addition to editing Journal of Cyber Policy, he writes about cybersecurity, compliance and enterprise technology for such clients as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, HPE, Oracle, Google and Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to launching his freelance writing career, he served in executive roles at Microsoft, IBM and several venture-backed technology startups.